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Outlining Potential Service Cuts

Outlining Potential Library Service Cuts

At the end of 2025, I reached out with an urgent message regarding the library’s budget shortfall for this year. The community stepped up, and through your support, the City Council approved funding to cover

Disability Pride Month

The World Works Better with Us: July is Disability Pride Month 

“More than 1 in 4 adults in the United States—over 70 million people—have a disability,” reports The Arc, a national organization that advocates for individuals and families who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities. Disability Pride Month, The Arc states, exists to encourage inclusion and make sure that those of us with disabilities are accepted exactly as we are,

Literacy across the spectrum

Literacy Across the Spectrum

By Lara Hemingway, former trustee of the Library Board and current Board President for the Northwest Autism Center When my kids were little, we frequently went to Storytime at Spokane Public Library, where there were always plenty of songs and movement breaks to get the wiggles out between stories. This

book collage

Your Summer Reads List is HERE!

There is truly something for everyone on our 2026 summer books list – romance, fantasy, horror, thriller, and a collection for kids and teens, too! Enjoy the sunshine, outdoors, and these handpicked summer reads. Adult Recs Kids and Middle Grade

Open book next to a cup of coffee on a blanket

How to Build a Reading Habit that Actually Sticks

We’ve all been there. It’s a place many of us visit, but no one really wants to stay. You guessed it: the dreaded book slump. The good news? There’s no single “right” way to build a reading habit, and sometimes all it takes is finding the approach that works for

ReFive Project graphic

Share feedback on the Draft ReFive Plan

The City of Spokane is working on a community plan for the Fifth Avenue neighborhood. The study area is the community south of I-90 from Liberty Park to Frances Scott Elementary. Liberty Park Library sits on the western edge of this area. Opened in 2021, this library was part of

school cycle supply drive

Donate Gently Used School Supplies for the School-Cycle Drive!

Now through July 31, Support Spokane County students, families, and organizations in need by donating your gently used school supplies to any of our library locations (minus The Hive)! The Spokane County Regional Waste Ambassadors and Art Salvage are collecting gently used supplies, and the library is a collection site!

Outlining Potential Service Cuts

Outlining Potential Library Service Cuts

At the end of 2025, I reached out with an urgent message regarding the library’s budget shortfall for this year. The community stepped up, and through your support, the City Council approved funding to cover

Disability Pride Month

The World Works Better with Us: July is Disability Pride Month 

“More than 1 in 4 adults in the United States—over 70 million people—have a disability,” reports The Arc, a national organization that advocates for individuals and families who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities. Disability Pride Month, The Arc states, exists to encourage inclusion and make sure that those of us with disabilities are accepted exactly as we are,

Literacy across the spectrum

Literacy Across the Spectrum

By Lara Hemingway, former trustee of the Library Board and current Board President for the Northwest Autism Center When my kids were little, we frequently went to Storytime at Spokane Public Library, where there were always plenty of songs and movement breaks to get the wiggles out between stories. This

book collage

Your Summer Reads List is HERE!

There is truly something for everyone on our 2026 summer books list – romance, fantasy, horror, thriller, and a collection for kids and teens, too! Enjoy the sunshine, outdoors, and these handpicked summer reads. Adult Recs Kids and Middle Grade

Open book next to a cup of coffee on a blanket

How to Build a Reading Habit that Actually Sticks

We’ve all been there. It’s a place many of us visit, but no one really wants to stay. You guessed it: the dreaded book slump. The good news? There’s no single “right” way to build a reading habit, and sometimes all it takes is finding the approach that works for

ReFive Project graphic

Share feedback on the Draft ReFive Plan

The City of Spokane is working on a community plan for the Fifth Avenue neighborhood. The study area is the community south of I-90 from Liberty Park to Frances Scott Elementary. Liberty Park Library sits on the western edge of this area. Opened in 2021, this library was part of

school cycle supply drive

Donate Gently Used School Supplies for the School-Cycle Drive!

Now through July 31, Support Spokane County students, families, and organizations in need by donating your gently used school supplies to any of our library locations (minus The Hive)! The Spokane County Regional Waste Ambassadors and Art Salvage are collecting gently used supplies, and the library is a collection site!